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... frequently in the mouths of illiterate and dissipated females , “ What good is there in reading ? To what end does it conduce ? " It is , however , too obvious to need insisting on , that unless perverted , as the best things may be ...
... frequently in the mouths of illiterate and dissipated females , “ What good is there in reading ? To what end does it conduce ? " It is , however , too obvious to need insisting on , that unless perverted , as the best things may be ...
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... frequently tainted by the grossness of their mythology . Something of the purity of the Christian religion may be discovered even in Fenelon's heathens , and they catch a tincture of piety in passing through the hands of that amiable ...
... frequently tainted by the grossness of their mythology . Something of the purity of the Christian religion may be discovered even in Fenelon's heathens , and they catch a tincture of piety in passing through the hands of that amiable ...
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... , which , though it could not have been formally pro- posed without pedantry , may be continued with ease and good humour ; but which will be frequently and effectually stopped by the listlessness , inattention 38 ON CONVERSATION .
... , which , though it could not have been formally pro- posed without pedantry , may be continued with ease and good humour ; but which will be frequently and effectually stopped by the listlessness , inattention 38 ON CONVERSATION .
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Hannah More. be frequently and effectually stopped by the listlessness , inattention , or whispering of silly girls , whose weariness betrays their ignorance , and whose impatience exposes their ill - breeding . A polite man , however ...
Hannah More. be frequently and effectually stopped by the listlessness , inattention , or whispering of silly girls , whose weariness betrays their ignorance , and whose impatience exposes their ill - breeding . A polite man , however ...
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... , or imprudence , for this brilliant , quality , or imagine she is witty , only because she is indiscreet . This is very frequently the case ; and this makes the name of wit so cheap , while its real exist- 42 ON CONVERSATION .
... , or imprudence , for this brilliant , quality , or imagine she is witty , only because she is indiscreet . This is very frequently the case ; and this makes the name of wit so cheap , while its real exist- 42 ON CONVERSATION .
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Page 112 - He made him ride on the high places of the earth, That he might eat the increase of the fields; And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock...
Page 179 - The mind is but a barren soil; a soil which is soon exhausted, and will produce no crop, or only one, unless it be continually fertilized and enriched with foreign matter.
Page 89 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Page 88 - On the other side up rose Belial, in act more graceful and humane; A fairer person lost not Heaven; he seemed For dignity composed and high exploit: But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels...
Page 30 - The roses of pleasure seldom last long enough to adorn the brow of him who plucks them ; for they are the only roses which do not retain their sweetness after they have lost their beauty.
Page 86 - The thing which hath been, it is that which shall be ; and that which is done, is that which shall be done ; and there is no new thing under the sun.
Page 137 - The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall: but in charity there is no excess, neither can angel or man come in danger by it.
Page 88 - Belial, in act more graceful and humane; A fairer person lost not Heav'n ; he seem'd For dignity compos'd and high exploit: But all was false and hollow ; though his Tongue Dropt Manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest Counsels: for his thoughts were low; To vice industrious, but to Nobler deeds...
Page 150 - For she is. the brightness of the everlasting light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of His goodness.
Page 43 - tis not a jest Admir'd with laughter at a feast, Nor florid talk which can that title gain; The proofs of wit for ever must remain.